Anasarca causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

(In alphabetical order)

• Acute renal failure, especially oliguric renal failure with fluid retention
• Allergic reactions, only systemic severe allergic reactions with associated capillary leak
• Angioedema, rarely, when it is severe and generalized
• Burns (generalized severe burns can result in Hypoalbuminemia and capillary leak)
• Calcium channel blockers usually cause localized edma and not anasarca
• Capillary leak syndrome
• Cardiac tamponade resulting in heart failure and generalized edema
• Chronic kidney disease (advanced stages with fluid retention)
• Constrictive pericarditis with associated heart failure
• Cor pulmonale resulting in right heart failure
• Diazoxide usually cause localized edma and not anasarca
• Corticosteriods
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Docetaxel usually cause localized edma and not anasarca
• Eclampsia (severe eclampsia)
• Effusive-constrictive pericarditis with associated heart failure
• Estrogens
• Fludrocortisone
• Glomerulonephritis
• Haemolytic disease of the newborn
• Heart failure
• Hepatic cirrhosis
  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Chronic hepatitis B
  • Chronic hepatitis C
  • Hepatic venous obstruction
  • Hereditary hemochromatosis
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Wilson's disease
• Hereditary angioedema in severe cases
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Hypoalbuminemia
• Hypoproteinemia
• Hypothyroidism (advanced untreated hypothyroidism)
• Idiopathic edema
• Increased capillary permeability
• Increased interstitial oncotic pressure
• Interleukin-2 therapy
• Kwashiorkor
• Lymphatic obstruction usually cause localized limb edema unless very proximal
• Malnutrition
• Malignant ascites is usually associated with lower extremities edema
• Minoxidil usually causes localized edema to the lower extremities
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug causes localized edma
• Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
• POEMS syndrome
• Portal thrombosis causes lower extremities edema
• Pramipexole
• Pregnancy
• Protein loss
• Protein-losing enteropathy
• Reduced albumin synthesis
• Refeeding edema
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Severe inflammation or sepsis
• Sodium overload
• Thiazolidinediones
• Trauma (severe trauma)
• Tricuspid stenosis
• Tropical sprue
• Venous obstruction usually causes localized edema in the limb
• Water overload
• Yellow nail syndrome